Instead Of Vinyl

One of the easiest ways to ensure a longer life for your siding is to keep it clean.

Instead of vinyl.

There are tons of different brands of vinyl but i wanted to share my favorites with you. Heat transfer vinyl on the other hand does not have a paper backing instead htv has a clear plastic carrier sheet that covers the top of the vinyl. Award winning home renovation expert bob vila outlines some of the upsides and downsides of popular alternatives to vinyl siding on his website. Once you start using vinyl you will start seeing uses everywhere for it.

The other side is where the adhesive is it is not sticky or tacky to the touch. Vinyl siding requires little maintenance but wood siding requires much more. Cost there isn t a huge difference in pricing for vinyl typically. Things to keep in mind when purchasing vinyl.

With high end options such as wood you ll need to have paint or a wood sealant applied by an. Adhesive vinyl can come in all kinds of colors and finishes but it will always have a paper backing and be sticky to the touch when that backing is peeled off. While wood is easy to work with it can be expensive depending on the grade of wood you choose. By its nature vinyl is a resilient material that is softer than other flooring materials and therefore much more susceptible to tearing and gouging even just dropping a heavy pan on vinyl flooring can leave it with a permanent scar.

Just wanted to ket you know that the new coretec luxury vinyl wood plank products now offer a flush interlocking stair bullnose pieces instead of a bullnose piece that lays on top of the planks looks very fake and has been offred by most luxury vinyl companies in the past. Vinyl flooring as a category is only modestly durable.